Alberto Campo Baeza (born Valladolid, 1946) is a Spanish architect.[1] He took classes at the E.T.S. Arquitectura de Madrid, and graduated in 1971. He is currently a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
His projects include the Technology Center in Inca, Spain (1999), the Caja General de Ahorros in Granada (1999), the Gaspar House in Cádiz (1991), the Turégano House in Madrid (1988), the School in Madride San-Fermín (1985), and the School of Madride at San Sebastián de los Reyes (1983).
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Alberto Campo Baeza graduated in architecture in 1971 at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid of which he is currently Chairman and Professor of Design since 1986. He has taught at ETH Zurich Faculty (1989-1990), in Dublin (1992), Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia), Copenhagen (1996), in EPFL Lausanne as a p. invité in 1997, in University of Pennsylvania (1986 and 1999), BAUHAUS in Weimar (2002), IIT Chicago (2003). Campo Baeza has been Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (2003), a lecturer at Harvard (2002), IIT Chicago (2003), Palladian Basilica in Vicenza, Italy (2004) and Kansas State University (2005).
Characterized by the purist and minimalist treatment of architectonic volumes, his architecture participates in the logic of the pure forms. It has evolved from the smoothness of the white stucco of his first residential works to rougher textures of exposed concrete or work stone of greater scale. The fundamental characteristic of its architecture is a constant investigation in the qualification of the space by means of the light: horizontal light in the Gaspar house, vertical light in the Elsa Peretti Museum, light diagonal in the house for Tom Ford or the light "is transparent" of the Savings Bank of Granada. And it is that Baeza Field maintains that "Architettura sine shines, nulla architettura est".
Some of Alberto Campo Baeza's works currently in progress: Central seat of the Savings bank of Granada, the New (Madrid) Turégano house in Pozuelo (Madrid), Gaspar house in Vejer de la Frontera (Cadiz), Center BIT in Inca (Majorca). His first American commission - the Olnick Spanu House in Garrison, New York, MA Cultural Center in Granada, Beneton Asilo Nido, Junta de Castiila y León Headquarters in Zamora, "Between Cathedrals" in Cadìz, and also "NMAC" in Cadìz.
Campo Baeza's work has been extensively awarded, including the First Award for the Spanish Pavilion in the Biennale of Venice (2000), the Award of the Bienal de Miami (2000) and the COAM Award (2002) for the Blas House, the COAB Award (2003) for the Centre BIT in Majorca, the COAAO Award (2003) and Eduardo Torroja Award (2003) for the Headquarters of the Caja de Granada and the Award Architecture in Stone, for the Almeria Offices.